In Germany, for beverages, we have a system where you pay a deposit for a plastic or glass bottle and receive it back when you return the empty bottle[0][1]. T

In Germany, for beverages, we have a system where you pay a deposit for a plastic or glass bottle and receive it back when you return the empty bottle[0][1]. That creates monetary incentive to collect those bottles and they thus hardly contribute to litter. There are single- and multi-use bottles in circulation. I find it to be a very successful system and believe that it could be expanded to all packaging. I'm somewhat perplexed that even in Germany this idea isn't talked about more often (or at all). [0]: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfandsystem https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfandsystem [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_vending_machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_vending_machine EDIT: The systems are called "container-deposit legislations": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container-deposit_legislation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container-deposit_legislation